The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-10

the mana IN ner capaclouS jaws ne calmly
eyed her, although the pain was intense but
she did not release her hold as he expected and
began to crunch his hand, till he dragged the
broken and torn member from her Jaws
BosToN Gazette: Trembling Sutor-"Will
you allow me to ask your daughter to share my
handl" Irate Father-''No, but will ask you.
to share my foot" Curtain.
A BABY is being exhibited through Arkansas
and Missouri which is half white and half black
It's parents are full -blooded negroes. They think
it is dispensatlon of Providence.
A SOFT sad stir is in the air,
Preluding gentle spring.
When baseball umpires nest again,
And hens begin to sing.
Rochester Union.
Miss L. NJ OLcoTT quotes some children who
had been to the theater, abiding to the ballet as
"the pink ladies'" who "jidnt have enough
clothes on. and kicked about in the improperest
way before ever so many men,
THE London Daily News has informed its
readers that Buffalo Bill is not wild Indian, as
many of them have supposed but the "Hon.
". F. Cody in private life. and member of
the United States Parliament"
FATHER CASEY, who is spoken of as the COM
ing bishop of the Harrisburg, Pa, diocese of the
Roman Catholic Church, is Canadian by birth,
forty years old, and is the of the late
James Casey, a millionaire railroad builder.
1889, and sent to the editor of the Ladies' Com
panion, New York publication. for which he
had agreed to contribute at sl4 for each poem.
The editor sent it back, calling it trash and nom
sense.
THE recent visit of Mr.. and Mrs. Gladstone to
Windsor, when they dined and slept at the
castle. was their first experience of the sort
Mr.. Gladstone had only been guest there be-
fore in an official capacity. when he was in the
Cabinet.
JAMES FREEMAN CLARK was seventy seven
years old Monday. He is still very weak from
his recent severe illness, but there is yet room
for hope that he may recover sufliciety to preach
occasionally. He will probly never be able to
resume regular pulpit work
THE twenty-third anniversary of General
Sedgwck's death occurs May IL, and on that
day monument to his memory will be dedi-
Gated on the Alsop fnrm, at Spottsylvania. near
fredericksburg Va. An acre of land has been
purchased as site for the monument.
Bishop LITTLEJoHN, of Long Island, will
presently return to his diocese from Paris, where
he has received much attention from the Ameri-
can colony. There is no truth in the lately cur
rent rumor that he will not live at Garden City.
He intends to reside there his return, as
usual.
HERE is of John G. Saxe's epigrams, this
time on an i'll bred lawyer:
An idle attorney besought a brother
For something to read--'some novel or otheu
That really fresh and new"
Take Gritty, replied his legal friend;
There isn't book that could lend
Would prove more novel to you
BURLINGTON Free Press: The same two little
boys told OF in this column yesterday were, at
| subsequent time being questioned the cate
chism: How many persons ara there in the
| Trinity?' asked the teacher II don't know"
said the threeyear who carried off the laurels
| yesterday. The eight-year- old nearly jumped
| off his feet in his anxiety to shout Il know
| four" "Who are they?' Father, Son, Holy
| Ghost and Amen" was the proud reply
| AN Albany newspaper tells OF tramp who
| recently asked merchant for 10 cents. The
merchant replied: 81 do not care to give you
money, but if you will step into this restaurant
| / will pay for steak aud some hot potatoes for
| you" He was somewhat surprised when the
| tramp replied well, sir, 1 don't want the 10
! other thing, you're gentleman to ask a n ar,
| to eat meat in Lent That amt my religion.
AN Englishman was travelling through Italy
with American friend, and in the course of
| their sojournings each maintained the superior
! ity of his own country. Finally the grand spec
| tacle of Mount Vesuvius in eruption, throwing
its brilliant rays across the Bay of Naples, burst
upon their astonshed gaze. ''Now, look at
| that" chuckled the Englishman; you haven't
| got anything in America that come any
| where near that" ''Ne." replied the Yankee,
| I'VE have not Vesuvus. but We have water
fall that could put that thing out in less than
| five minutes"